Tuesday, April 18, 2023

WORSLEY ROCK BIVVY - FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK

 Dry Shelter in on the Western Side of Worsley Pass.

                                     Overlooking the Wild Natives river catchment. 


                                    16 kms West of the Worsley Hut Lake Te Anau.


                                                                 View to the West...


Sunday, April 16, 2023

Pisgah Rock Bivvy: Fiordland National Park

 The Pisgah Rock Bivouac is a classic bush bivvy up the Doon River Valley just below the Pisgah Stream Junction  Between the Murchison Mountains and the Stuart Mountains of Lake Te Anau. Mount Pisgah was so named after a biblical mountain from which Moses was said to have seen the promise land.


The Pisgah Shelter is some 6 kms North North West of The Junction Burn Hut at the South West Arm of the Middle Fiord of Lake Te Anau.  





Wednesday, April 5, 2023

GILL'S ROCK BIVOUAC FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK NZ

                             GILL'S ROCK BIVOUAC LAKE ADELAIDE FIORDLAND


In the Scrub at the western end of Lake Adelaide high in the Darran Mountains is a legendary rock shelter  under a large stone slab called Gill's Bivvy.... It is well off the tourist trail but is known the more adventure inclined.. Not to be confused with Phil's Bivvy higher up the slopes of Barrier Knob.

    

                                                            *As  listed on NZGB maps